Q&A: How Councilman Mike Bonin plans to fix Venice’s homelessness crisis
LA TimesAfter spending weeks reporting on the homelessness crisis in Venice, Times reporters Benjamin Oreskes and Doug Smith sat down with Councilman Mike Bonin, who has represented the area since 2013. So let’s start with the ways in which Venice Beach is different than Echo Park Lake. So even if I were predisposed to do this Echo Park Lake-style, it’s really hard to do it in Venice Beach for a couple different reasons that are purely logistical. Another example is at the beginning of the pandemic, when the city said the beach is closed, even with cops, the beach wasn’t closed, I mean, you would need more officers than they used at Echo Park Lake in order to physically close off Venice Beach. I have before the budget committee later this month a request that I’ve asked for before, but I think I’ll get it this time for a million dollars for shared housing in Venice.
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Editorial: Homeless people on Venice Beach got interim housing. Can’t this happen all over the city?
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LA's Venice Beach a flashpoint in city's homeless crisis
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Column: Their Venice home feels unsafe. They blame public officials, not homeless Angelenos
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